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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. National leader Christopher Luxon and finance spokesperson Nicola Willis. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone National’s policy to increase KiwiSaver contribution rates has been met with a big tick of approval by one provider, but with a call to make it compulsory. National is proposing that, if re-elected, it would gradually ... <a title="KiwiSaver provider calls for increased contribution to be compulsory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/kiwisaver-provider-calls-for-increased-contribution-to-be-compulsory/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiSaver provider calls for increased contribution to be compulsory">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Māngere East community stalwarts and activists from across Tamaki Makaurau Auckland have gathered at the local Village Green to pay tribute to their popular ‘power couple’ and entertainers Roger Fowler and Lyn Doherty with their whānau. MC Emily Worman of Science in a Van summed it up best yesterday morning by declaring ... <a title="Showing their aroha for the activist ‘power couple’ of Māngere East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/23/showing-their-aroha-for-the-activist-power-couple-of-mangere-east/" aria-label="Read more about Showing their aroha for the activist ‘power couple’ of Māngere East">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand National is pledging to further increase the default KiwiSaver contribution rate if re-elected at the next election. The policy is the first firm National policy ahead of the election, which is still around a year away. At the Budget, the government confirmed an increase to the default contribution from 3 percent ... <a title="Watch: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announces new National Party KiwiSaver policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/23/watch-prime-minister-christopher-luxon-announces-new-national-party-kiwisaver-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announces new National Party KiwiSaver policy">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is due to speak from the Silverstream Retreat Centre in Lower Hutt just after 11.30am today. Policy announcement season has begun, with Labour last month proposing a capital gains tax on investment properties as part of its election campaign, following leaks to RNZ. Luxon’s announcement comes on ... <a title="Watch: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to make announcement in Lower Hutt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/23/watch-prime-minister-christopher-luxon-to-make-announcement-in-lower-hutt/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to make announcement in Lower Hutt">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2025
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched peacefully on The Warehouse in downtown Auckland today to protest over the sale of products by the genocidal state of Israel. Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) co-chair Maher Nazzal and fellow protesters delivered a giant letter calling on the management to stop selling SodaStream products. SodaStream — ... <a title="Protesters march to Warehouse in Auckland city, demand halt to Israeli SodaStream products" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/23/protesters-march-to-warehouse-in-auckland-city-demand-halt-to-israeli-sodastream-products/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters march to Warehouse in Auckland city, demand halt to Israeli SodaStream products">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2025
By Sulamanaia Manaui Faulalo of the Samoa Observer Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt says international media are “in the dark” about the reasons behind his decision to ban the Samoa Observer from government press conferences, arguing that overseas attention has created “support for one newspaper at the expense of the entire country.” He also addressed concerns ... <a title="Samoan PM takes aim at local journalists, claims overseas media ‘in the dark’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/22/samoan-pm-takes-aim-at-local-journalists-claims-overseas-media-in-the-dark/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan PM takes aim at local journalists, claims overseas media ‘in the dark’">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Pāti Māori MP, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi speaking in the House. VNP / Phil Smith Ngāpuhi’s general manager says they are insulted Te Pāti Māori leadership is refusing to participate in a hui after expelling its local MP. A hui is taking place in Kaikohe on Sunday with Te Tai Tokerau MP ... <a title="Ngāpuhi ‘insulted’ Te Pāti Māori leadership refusing to participate in hui" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/22/ngapuhi-insulted-te-pati-maori-leadership-refusing-to-participate-in-hui/" aria-label="Read more about Ngāpuhi ‘insulted’ Te Pāti Māori leadership refusing to participate in hui">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud UNSC Resolution 2803 is unequivocally rejected. It is a direct contravention of international law itself, imposed by the United States with the full knowledge and collaboration of Arab and Muslim states. These regimes brutally turned their backs on the Palestinians throughout the genocide, with some actively helping Israel cope with the ... <a title="Ramzy Baroud: Pathetic attempt to achieve by Gaza decree what US-Israel failed to gain through brute force" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/ramzy-baroud-pathetic-attempt-to-achieve-by-gaza-decree-what-us-israel-failed-to-gain-through-brute-force/" aria-label="Read more about Ramzy Baroud: Pathetic attempt to achieve by Gaza decree what US-Israel failed to gain through brute force">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Michael Wood lost the Mt Roskill seat in 2023. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Former Labour cabinet minister Michael Wood has confirmed his re-entry into politics, announcing he will stand again in the Mt Roskill seat at the next election. In 2023, Wood lost the electorate to National’s Carlos Cheung, the first ... <a title="Former Labour minister Michael Wood to re-enter politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/former-labour-minister-michael-wood-to-re-enter-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Former Labour minister Michael Wood to re-enter politics">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Airbus A321XLR planes will replace the Boeing 757 fleet. NZDF The Defence Force has released more details of its new planes, including what they will look like. The Airbus A321XLR planes will replace the Boeing 757 fleet. The planes are primarily used as transport, for military personnel and equipment, as ... <a title="Revealed: What the new Defence Force planes will look like" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/revealed-what-the-new-defence-force-planes-will-look-like/" aria-label="Read more about Revealed: What the new Defence Force planes will look like">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand David Seymour, Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters. RNZ Analysis: New Zealand politics has long acknowledged a truth of coalition life – sooner or later, everyone swallows a dead rat. Less examined is the art of spitting one back up. This term has already delivered its fair share of deceased squeakers. National ... <a title="Dead rats and discord: What next in the Peters-Seymour stoush?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/dead-rats-and-discord-what-next-in-the-peters-seymour-stoush/" aria-label="Read more about Dead rats and discord: What next in the Peters-Seymour stoush?">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific climate leaders are disappointed that Australia has lost the bid to host the United Nations Climate Conference, COP31, in 2026. Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr said he was “deeply disappointed” by the outcome. Australia had campaigned for years for the meeting to be held in its country, and ... <a title="Pacific climate leaders ‘deeply disappointed’ as Australia loses bid to host COP31" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/pacific-climate-leaders-deeply-disappointed-as-australia-loses-bid-to-host-cop31/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific climate leaders ‘deeply disappointed’ as Australia loses bid to host COP31">Read more</a>
